﻿### Starting a New Site

After WebMatrix starts, click the **Files** workspace to see the contents of the Orchard site. Launch Orchard in a browser by clicking the **Run** drop-down button, and selecting which browser to use.

![](Figures/launch_Orchard_WebMatrix_675.png)

When you launch Orchard in your browser, you see the Orchard setup screen. 

![](Figures/get_started_dialog_1.png)

You can see the Orchard Setup page. There are a few pieces of information we need to enter to get started, the first begin the name of the site. the second piece is the user name for the administrator. This is going to be the **Super User** in Orchard terms, which defaults to **admin**. Then ofcourse we need a password.

By default, Orchard can use SQL Server Compact Edition, which is an embedded database and desn't require a server. However, if you are running SQL Server or SQL Server Express, you can configure Orchard to use either of those products instead by specifying a connection string. Optionally, you can enter a table prefix so that multiple Orchard installations can share the same database but keep their data separate.

![](Figures/setup_sqlserver.png)

The setup screen also includes a section where you can choose an Orchard recipe to set up your site.  A recipe can be described as a set of settings and options that will be applied to your site as it es created. You can choose from the following Orchard recipes:

* **Default**. Sets up a site with frequently used Orchard features.
* **Blog**. Sets up a site as a personal blog.
* **Core**. Sets up a site that has only the Orchard framework for development use.

![](Figures/get_started_recipe.png)

After you've entered the required information on the setup  screen, click **Finish Setup**. When the setup process is complete, your new site's home page is displayed.

![](Figures/playground_new_page_675_1.png)

You can now begin configuring your site.